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By Cort Reynolds

ADA __One big inning spelled the difference in a taut battle of 10-0 softball unbeatens on a warm Monday, April 13 at War Memorial Park.

Visiting Elmwood broke open a scoreless battle with a four-run fifth inning and held on for a 4-0 victory over the Ada High School softball team in a Blanchard Valley Conference showdown to hand the Bulldogs their first loss.

A pivotal three-run home run by Trinity Sander in the fifth gave the Royals a 4-0 lead. The Bulldog girls were unable to muster much offense against the Royals and pitcher Addi Hoffman, who induced some clutch strikeouts in key situations with runners on base.

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Hello, Adaites! Here are AdaIcon.com's top stories from the week that was, April 6-12. For a chronological look at all Icon content, visit AdaIcon.com/archive. 

APRIL 6

Ada’s Associated Plastics has new Florida-based owner

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FROM FACEBOOK__The United Way of Hardin County has announced that It's Cookies That Care time!!

Buy cookies at the Ada or Kenton Lewis Family McDonald's, April 13 - 25, and 100% of the proceeds will go to the United Way of Hardin County.

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Charrilyn J. “Sherry” Benjamin, 1947-2026

Charrilyn J. “Sherry” Benjamin, age 78, of Alger, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2026, at Vancrest of Ada, surrounded by her family.

She was born on May 31, 1947, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Grover and Doris “Jan” (Koons) Guyton, Jr. On September 11, 1971, Sherry married James J. Benjamin, and he survives in Alger.

Sherry retired from Ohio Northern University, Ada, where she worked in the Financial Aid Office. She was a member of the Alger First Methodist Church. Sherry was an EMT for the USV EMS.

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By Paula Pyzik Scott

Garage sale season is here! And, yes, the Icon's garage sale ads are FREE on both BlufftonIcon.com/classifieds and AdaIcon.com/classifieds.

Email ads to [email protected].

Ads are also shared on our combined Garage Sale Map https://bit.ly/3JaYCaq_ICON_GS and promoted with other new Classified ads on Facebook.

Bluffton+ area ads may include Arlington, Beaverdam, Columbus Grove, Jenera, Mt. Cory, Rawson and Pandora.

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Most travelers take the clean, wrapped paper cup in their hotel room for granted. But for manufacturers, getting that single cup from a bulk sleeve into its own hygienic wrapper is a logistical puzzle. To solve it, a group of students from the Ohio Northern University T.J. Smull College of Engineering is partnering with Graphic Packaging International (GPI). For their senior capstone project, the team is rethinking the process of preparing these everyday items for a global market. Read more at https://bit.ly/4czBuRL

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